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Central Dusun, also known as Bunduliwan (Boros Dusun), is an Austronesian language and one of the more widespread languages spoken by the Dusun people (including Kadazan) peoples of Sabah, Malaysia.
The language was among many other Sabahan vernacular languages suppressed under Mustapha Harun's assimilationist enforcement of Bahasa Malaysia across the state. Under the efforts of the Kadazandusun Cultural Association Sabah, in 1995, the central Bundu-Liwan dialect was selected to serve as the basis for a standardised "Kadazandusun" language. This dialect, spoken in the Bundu and Liwan valleys of the Crocker Range-Trusmadi Range (now parts of the present-day districts of Ranau, Tambunan and Keningau), was selected as it was deemed to be the most mutually intelligible when conversing with other "Dusun" or "Kadazan" dialects.
| +Central Dusun consonants ! colspan="2" | !Labial consonant !Alveolar !Dorsal consonant !Glottal |
| +Coastal Kadazan consonants ! colspan="2" | !Labial !Alveolar !Dorsal !Glottal |
occurs as an allophone of in word-medial position.
Tangit and MBDK note that Coastal Kadazan consonants correspond to the following consonants found in other varieties:
| + !Central Dusun consonant !Coastal Kadazan cognate !Example | ||
| /r/ | /l/ | CD ralan, CK lahan "road" |
| /r/ | /∅/ | CD boros, CK boos "word" |
| /l/ | /h/ | CD loyou, CK hozou "song" |
| /w/ | /v/ | CD awasi, CK avasi "good" |
| /j/ | /z/ | CD agayo, CK agazo "big" |
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These characters together are called Pimato.
Diphthongs: (sometimes pronounced )
Some combinations of vowels do not form diphthongs and each vowel retains its separate sound: . In some words is not a diphthong, and this is indicated by an apostrophe between the two vowels: a'a.
| +Tindal pronouns | ||||
| 1sg | oku | ku | doho | joho |
| 2sg | ko | nu | diaʔ | jaʔ |
| 3sg | isio | disio~dow | isio | |
| 1in | toko | jatiʔ | ||
| 1ex | jahaj~jahɛː | dahɛː | jahɛː | |
| 2pl | jokow | dokow | jokow | |
| 3pl | joloʔ | dioloʔ | joloʔ | |
"The "emphatic" pronouns are used alone or preposedly, either as answers or to stress the pronoun.
It is, however, possible for a grammatically correct Dusun sentence to be SVO.
| +Numerals !English !Dusun | |
| one | iso |
| two | duo |
| three | tolu |
| four | apat |
| five | limo |
| six | onom |
| seven | turu |
| eight | walu |
| nine | siam |
| ten | hopod |
| hundred | hatus |
| thousand | soriong |
To form numbers such as fifty or sixty, a multiplier is combined with a positional unit (tens, hundreds, thousands etc.), using no.
Separate units are combined with om.
| +Months !English !Dusun | |
| January | Milatok |
| February | Mansak |
| March | Gomot |
| April | Ngiop |
| May | Mikat |
| June | Mahas/Rilik |
| July | Madas/Tutud |
| August | Magus/Ngurak |
| September | Manom |
| October | Gumas |
| November | Milau |
| December | Momuhau |
| +Interrogatives !English !Dusun | |
| what | nunu/onu |
| who | isai |
| where | hombo/nonggo |
| when | soira |
| why | okuro |
| how | poingkuro |
| how many | piro/songkuro |
All Central Dusun dialects are mostly mutually intelligible when conversing.
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